After several more rounds of battles on the field, the big screen displayed the words "Contestant No. 55 Tetsuya vs. Contestant No. 99 Roy".
In his second match, Roy faced Tetsuya, and he wanted to test the strength of this future champion of the Ever Grande Conference who had defeated Ash.
The two released their Pokémon at the same time.
Roy's team is fielding Primeape.
Opposite Primeape is a Sumo wrestler with enormous hands and a body size of over 2 meters, Hariyama.
Tetsuya's Hariyama looks even more muscular than the average Hariyama, thanks to the Thick Fat Ability of Hariyama.
System Scan
Pokémon: Hariyama
Level: 48
Sex: Male
Ability: Thick Fat (Because it is protected by a thick layer of fat, it takes half the damage of Fire type and Ice type moves.)
Skills: Tackle, Focus Energy, Fake Out, Power Release, Force Palm, Roar Whirlwind, Knock Off, Bulk Up, Belly Drum, Seismic Toss, Focus Punch, Endure, Close Combat
Items carried: Black Belt
Egg Move: Cross Chop, Feint
Individual Values: 19
Technical Machine /Skill Tutorial: Earthquake, Giga Impact, Iron Head, Body Slam
The battle between the two Fighting type Pokémon was much more eye-catching, and the Pokémon Trainers in the stands were all very interested.
"Hariyama, use Fake Out!"
Hariyama's huge, fan-like hand slammed towards Primeape; that slap was almost as big as half of Primeape's.
A Fake Out hit Primeape right from the start, Primeape flying and leaving it somewhat dazed.
But it wouldn't do any damage, and the fear effect is impossible. What could a Pokémon that dares to Giratina possibly be afraid of?
After only two seconds of stunned silence, Primeape reacted, got up, and delivered a Vital Throw to Hariyama, who was four times his size and trying to strengthen Bulk Up.
Hariyama hadn't expected Primeape to react so quickly. He had been planning to take advantage of Primeape's fear to give it a Bulk Up boost, but now the opponent had broken through his plan.
Hariyama wanted to use Close Combat, but Primeape didn't give him a chance at all.
Ghostly Purple energy condensed on his fist, and a 100-power Rage Fist slammed into the Hariyama, knocking Hariyama back and preventing him from engaging in Close Combat.
The Hariyama, who had taken a hit for nothing, was not willing to accept it. With a big leap, he was about to crush the Primeape.
Primeape dodged the Body Slam with a quick sidestep.
Two large footprints appeared where the Hariyama had just pressed down.
"Hariyama, use the Belly Drum."
Skill: Belly Drum
Effect: Reduces your HP to half of your maximum HP, thereby maximizing your attack power.
The Hariyama struck his abdomen with his large, fan-like hands.
Of course, Primeape couldn't just stand by and watch its opponent use a power-up, so it stepped forward and unleashed another Rage Fist into Hariyama's abdomen, shattering its Belly Drum.
But I must say, Hariyama's durability is really high. Even after taking two Rage Fist from Primeape, it still stood firmly on the battlefield.
Upon getting close, Hariyama, as large as a fan, met Primeape's fist, and the two Pokémon began to wrestle, competing to see who had the greater strength.
Soon, the Hariyama realized something was wrong. He couldn't understand why this little guy in front of him had such great strength, even surpassing his own.
Before the Hariyama could figure it out, a tremendous force surged through his arm.
The next second, the Hariyama found himself with his feet off the ground, floating in the air?
Suddenly, the muscles in the arms of the Primeape on the other side tensed up, and it actually lifted up the Hariyama who had just been wrestling with it.
This is complete suppression of power.
Primeape: You don't even weigh a quarter of a Dusclops.
After lifting Hariyama, Primeape didn't give it time to react, directly throwing Hariyama into the air. Then, as Hariyama was falling, it took a running start and jumped to Hariyama's side to deliver a Seismic Toss.
The Hariyama in the air was unable to exert any force and could only let the Primeape slam him to the ground.
Tetsuya could only watch anxiously, but there was nothing he could do.
The two Pokémon fell from the sky together at the end.
With a "bang".
A huge cloud of dust instantly rose up on the battlefield.
The entire second battlefield trembled.
As the dust settled, Spider Web -like cracks appeared on the battlefield. Hariyama lay dead on the battlefield, revealing his ring eyes, while Primeape remained standing.
The audience, witnessing this scene, erupted into chaos.
"Primeape a bit different from mine?"
"Remove the 'seems like' part; it's as if your Primeape can lift that Hariyama."
"Then let me ask you!!"
They might not recognize the Lampent from earlier, but they had seen Primeape before, as it's a common Pokémon that often appears on the roadside.
However, Roy's Primeape was far superior to the regular Primeape in both strength and speed when dodging attacks.
Roy probably didn't even give any commands during the battle; Primeape seemed to be fighting alone.
Is that correct?
Do you live up to the "fiery" part of your name?
Upon seeing this, the referee immediately announced the result of the match:
"Hariyama is incapacitated; contestant number 99 wins."
"You've worked hard, Hariyama."
After retrieving the Hariyama Tetsuya handed it over to Nurse Joy. He hadn't expected his Hariyama to lose so decisively.
It seems we can't afford to lose the next few matches.
After winning two rounds of the qualifiers, Roy had half an hour to rest before taking his Primeape away from the stands of Battle Arena 2.
Officer Jenny didn't say anything when she saw Roy leave. According to the rules of the competition during breaks, as long as it doesn't affect the matches, players are allowed to go to other Arenas to watch matches and learn from their experience.